Emily Anderson was born in 1891, the daughter of Alexander Anderson, then president of Queens College, Galway (now NUIG ). Emily attained a first class Honours BA in modern languages after studying in Germany, and became the first German professor at the university in 1917. She later edited and translated the full correspondence of Mozart, and 10 years later that of Beethoven. The upper hall in the Aula Maxima will re-named the Emily Anderson Concert Hall in her honour on Thursday February 23.

Tickets are €20/16/6 via Music for Galway (091 - 705962, www.musicforgalway.ie ) or Opus II, High Street. The concert will also be broadcast live by Lyric FM.